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A Roman marble draped female figure
24 October 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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A Roman marble draped female figure
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Standing with the weight on her left leg, the right relaxed and bent at the knee, wearing a chiton with overfold, a himation swathed around her lower body with the ends over her left shoulder, the head possibly not belonging, with a stephane in her centrally-parted hair, the arms and base modern restorations, 20¾in (52.5cm) high including base
Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Standing with the weight on her left leg, the right relaxed and bent at the knee, wearing a chiton with overfold, a himation swathed around her lower body with the ends over her left shoulder, the head possibly not belonging, with a stephane in her centrally-parted hair, the arms and base modern restorations, 20¾in (52.5cm) high including base
Footnotes
Provenance:
Joseph Klein Collection, formed in New York between 1941 and 1980. Thence by descent.
Literature:
It is possible that the figure was indeed meant to represent a Muse as the drapery is very similar to that of a figure of Thalia, the Muse of theatre, in the Naples National Archaeological Museum. Similar drapery is also worn by the Muse Melpomene in the Hermitage, St Petersburg (accession no. 8669).
























